Elite Custom Race Bottle Cage - 2015

The number 1 bottle cage in the pro peloton, a true design classic which is also self-adjusting. These cages were used by over half the starting riders in the Tour De France, including Mark Cavendish, Thor Hushovd, Bradley Wiggins and Cadel Evans.

The number 1 bottle cage in the pro peloton, a true design classic which is also self-adjusting. These cages were used by over half the starting riders in the Tour De France, including Mark Cavendish, Thor Hushovd, Bradley Wiggins and Cadel Evans.

Top Features of the Elite Custom Race Bottle Cage - 2015

Tough composite plastic construction is durable and light

Added rubber tensioner grips bottles tightly for peace of mind in sprints and on rough sections

Wide range of colours and graphics to perfectly match any bike

Product Data

MTB:

Yes

Road:

Yes

About Bottle Cages

Water bottles and cages are essential items for your bike, fluid replenishment is essential for long term activities and fitting a water bottle and cage to your bike is the perfect way of keeping you hydrated. Studies show that loss of fluid equal to 2% of your body mass is sufficient to cause a significant decrease in performance. Bottle cages have also received the lightweight treatment with materials such as carbon, titanium and alloy often used. These cages will accept water bottles from 500ml up to 1,000ml, making it possible to carry 2,000ml of fluid on your bike. It's also worth using an Energy drink whilst riding as these will help replace minerals lost through sweating.

About the Elite brand

The story of Elite has continued for more than thirty years and is made of successes and new discoveries which always start from the work of engineers, technicians, market men, cycling enthusiasts and also insight.

All the new products launched on the market are the result of internal research and there are now about three hundred. These products are tested by world’s most important professional teams. In fact, the Pro Teams sponsored by the Fontaniva firm have won the Tour de France, Tour of Italy, World Championships and many world cycling races, and have accompanied the victories of riders such as Chris Froome , Bradley Wiggins, , Mark Cavendish, Cadel Evans , Ivan Basso , Miguel Indurain, Marco Pantani and many other champions.

Elite currently sponsors more than half of the world’s professional teams.

The work is like a bicycle ride. It is only by continuing to ride, pushing hard uphill and enjoying the descent, that allows us to go ahead with ever greater satisfaction.

This is our creed. Ride with us.

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Looks great on my bike because of choice of colours. The rubber tensioner works very well as it grips and opens when you push the bottle in so you get a nice tight fit and loosens as you withdraw the bottle. Soft touch looks nice on matte frame. Good fitting positions with holes/slots
28 July 2015

Lightweight, no rattling
Those are lightweight and keep your water bottles firmly in place making sure there is no annoying rattling when you're trying to enjoy a peaceful and quiet ride! Compared to what's on the market I say a great value too and a good range of colours to match the frame
27 July 2015

My Camelbak Podium Chill 619 ml was too big, There's a rubber elastic joint that can be split in two and then the arms will spread further but still have enough tension to hold a larger diameter bottle. I'd rather keep the bottle so I split it.

These cages hold a standard 750ml bottle and there are some larger bottles out there that are designed to fit in a standard cage. Of course your frame has to have the clearance to carry a bigger bottle......

How long is a piece of string? Universal to fitting every bike just doesn't exist. With smaller and compact frames some seat tubes demand a side entry bottle cage.

I can say with the hole drillings on these Elite cages that provide an option to mount higher or lower on a frame tube that there is not a better cage for a smaller frame and I have these cages on my medium/17" Trek MTB.

I can't say with 100% certainty as I don't know the distance between your mounting threads, but most bikes have a bolt spacing of 65mm. The Custom Race Bottle Cage will accomodate a spacing of between 65-80mm.

Just line up the bottle cage with the mounting screws and mark the cage at the position of the FD clamp with a texture/marking pen and then file it just enough for the cage to sit flush onto the mounting position. I used a half round file and it fits great. Only file the required amount-don't go over board with it, you don't want to weaken it.Cheers.

Couple of options I think. If you mount a frame pump as well, this may lift the cage enough although there is a risk that the mounting for the frame pump will also clash. Another option would be to get some spacers which have a curved face on one side to match the frame curvature and flat on the other. Not easy to find I think but you could try camping shops as well as cycling shops. Ask in both for any odd bits they may have. Typically, I have a "bag of bits" which I look in for this type of problem.....

I use the large Podium Chill without a problem, the width is fine. Only thing to consider is the height - on a small frame that can be a problem - my wife can only use the shorter bottles, but that's the same for all normal cages - some side entry options can help overcome this but they have their own problems.

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Answer:

I don't know if this will help, but I use the 650ml Wiggle own-brand bottle in this cage and it fits perfectly. Maybe you can look that up on here for the dimensions and see how that compares to your Camelbak. Hope that's of some use.

I have 4 610ml Camelbak Podium Chill bottles and 2 Custom Race Bottle Cages. If you consider having to forcefully jam the bottle in and wrench it out while riding a bike at speed a good thing then technically, yes, they fit.

A standard no insulated bottle fits fine. The side "wings" are joined together with an elastic joint so there is some spreading available, but it is way too tight to be usable with the Chill bottles. I like the bottle design, so I simply cut the joint down the middle so each half resides on its own wing and it spreads apart easier. There's a 25mm gap between the joint when the Chill bottle's are used, but still good retension and still looks good.